Suspect charged in northeast Alabama sexual assault and home invasion

About four months after a woman was sexually assaulted during a northeast Alabama home invasion, police have arrested a suspect.

Shane Henagar is charged with six felonies, according to Fort Payne police.FPD

Shane Lee Henagar is charged with burglary, robbery, sexual abuse, sodomy, theft and unlawfully entering a vehicle, Fort Payne police announced today. Each of the charges is a felony.

Officers were called to investigate a burglary and sexual assault in the area of Fourth Street Northwest on the evening of May 5. The homeowners told police a man broke in while the female homeowner was in the house alone.

As the male homeowner entered the house that night, he saw the suspect run from the scene, police said.

Chief Randy Bynum said officers collected forensic evidence at the scene. Testing by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences linked Henagar to the crimes, Bynum said. The chief said he couldn't provide details about the evidence that was collected.

Henagar, is a 46-year-old from Fort Payne. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.